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Śrī Caitanya Caritamrta · Text Antya 4.146
হরিদাস কৈলা প্রভুর চরণ বন্দন ।
হরিদাসে কৈলা প্রভু প্রেম-আলিঙ্গন ॥ ১৪৬ ॥
haridāsa kailā prabhura caraṇa vandana
haridāse kailā prabhu prema-āliṅgana
Haridāsa Ṭhākura offered obeisances to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu, and the Lord embraced him in ecstatic love.
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Haridāsa Ṭhākura offers obeisances to the lotus feet of Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu.
The Lord responds by embracing him.
The embrace is filled with ecstatic love, showing the affection present in this meeting.
Despair met with care. Sanātana’s wish to die is interrupted by the Lord’s protective insistence on his future service.
The mood of Antya 4 as a whole, an editorial reading, not the text itself. See the emotional atlas
From Śrīla Prabhupāda's chapter summary, the lines nearest this verse:
After speaking with Sanātana Gosvāmī in this way, the Lord again embraced him, and after this embrace, Sanātana Gosvāmī became free from the disease. The Lord ordered Sanātana Gosvāmī to stay with Him for that year, and the next year, after seeing the Ratha-yātrā festival, he left Puruṣottama-kṣetra and returned to Vṛndāvana.Read the whole chapter summaryBack to this verse in Antya 4
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The themes of love and mercy this verse speaks of.
Kṛpā & transformation · Mercy changes a life
Transformative encounters with grace, from scholars and travelers to renunciants and householders. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “embraced”
Śaraṇāgati · Taking shelter
Turning toward Kṛṣṇa through shelter, surrender, dependence on guru, and unconditional devotional fidelity. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “lotus feet”
Sevā · Love translated into service
Devotional service expressed through cleansing, caring, teaching, honoring others, and living as Kṛṣṇa’s servant. · In the Prema Atlas
In this verse: “offered”
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Take one thing from this verse into your day.
How can I bring sincere reverence into my offering of respect to the Lord?
Offer a respectful bow to Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu today, giving your full attention to the gesture.
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